CNA #5
1. ‘Exodus’ star Christian Bale on playing Moses: ‘You can’t out-Heston Charlton Heston’
Christian Bale will play Moses in the newest Biblical film, "Exodus: Gods and Kings," set to come out in December this year. Producer Jenno Topping emphasizes the complexity of the production, complete with epic battles and aerial panoramas of ancient cities, all in 3D CGI. Bale studied Moses from sources spreading from Jonathan Kirsh (a Jewish author) to the Koran.
2. Carrie Underwood dishes about 'weird' pregnancy and 'uplifting' new song
Earlier this month, Carrie Underwood tweeted her pregnancy announcement and continued to express her excitement when she appeared on the TODAY Show Friday. Underwood will also perform Saturday at a Global Citizen Festival in New York put on by the Global Poverty Project, which aimes to end extreme poverty by 2030. Underwood also mentioned her new, uplifting song, "Something in the Water," which will be released Monday.
3. Hollywood’s attack on men: Will the industry change its gender stereotyping following UN summit?
Ivy League graduate and a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, actress Emma Watson called out Hollywood for portraying men as "lazy, clueless, emasculated idiots" in a speech at the United Nations last week. Watson advocates for men's and women's equality with the HeForShe initiative, which recognizes that men suffer from stereotypes as well. Current new movies, commercials, and TV shows more frequently portray men as "dingdongs" and Watson says that, “women have to wake up and start switching on that ‘equality’ we supposedly score so high at.”
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